EPA hearings in Pittsburgh bring out climate activists

November 12, 2015 | 7:58 PM

Members of the public gather at a climate rally outside EPA hearings in Pittsburgh, November 12, 2015.

The EPA’s plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants should be as strong as possible to curtail the worst impacts of climate change. That was the message coming from a stream of speakers at a public hearing on the plan in Pittsburgh on Thursday.

The plan gives states the option to come up with their own ways to cut down on carbon pollution. If they don’t put together their own plas, states will have to accept a federal plan, which involves a cap-and-trade system. Pennsylvania is planning to submit its own plan, but environmentalists said what goes into the federal plan is still relevant for the state.

Jamin Bogi of the Pittsburgh-based Group Against Smog and Pollution said a strong federal plan would protect the state from air pollution in the event that upwind states decide against submitting proposals. Continue reading more from The Allegheny Front.

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